{"podcast":{"title":"Health Report","slug":"health-report-318292","podcast_index_feed_id":318292,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/2887248/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/48f242ba436a077586bb821d0cb469d2.jpg?src","author":"abcpodcasts@abc.net.au","episode_count":239,"summary":"Covering the health stories that make a difference. Dr Norman Swan and Dr Preeya Alexander dissect the latest and breaking news in the medical world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T22:20:57.136167+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292"},"episode":{"title":"The cost shock of specialist care","slug":"the-cost-shock-of-specialist-care","published_at":"2026-02-06T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/the-cost-shock-of-specialist-care","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/healthreport/specialist-fees-adhd-nipah/106262660","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/hc/Z/u4.mp3","summary":"When you pay for private health insurance, you might assume you'll be well covered if you get injured or fall ill. But a new report has revealed the huge costs that catch people off guard, and sometimes prevent them from receiving care. Also, a study hints that constant colds in childhood might not be business-as-usual and should be taken more seriously. And we talk through the Nipah virus outbreak in India, and changes in Victoria to ADHD medication prescribing. References: Nipah and Hendra Viruses: Deadly Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses with the Potential to Cause the Next Pandemic - PMC Urgent ADHD Top-Up Prescriptions Even Easier And Cheaper Restoring affordable access to specialist care in Australia Burden of Infections in Early Life and Risk of Infections and Systemic Antibiotics Use in Childhood","meta_description":"When you pay for private health insurance, you might assume you'll be well covered if you get injured or fall ill. But a new report has revealed the huge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2591,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/health-report-318292/episodes/the-cost-shock-of-specialist-care/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/health-report-318292/the-cost-shock-of-specialist-care.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}